Footwear.



l UNITED sra-Tas PATENT orrion.

GBOVERJHA-USER AND JOHN H. DOLN, 0F ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

FOOTWEAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedApr. 2, 1918.

appneati'oaniea september $1917.' serial' No. 1ao,41o.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known .that we, Grover C. HAUSER Vand JOHN H. DOLAN, citizens of .the lUnited States, and. residents lof Rochester, in the i lo;

The lpresent Vvention relates to foota'nd more particularly Vto the type employs Frenchlor wooden heels havwhich j ing `ct` ncanfe on-zundereutrear-.faces An `ob- ]ec'tfo f this invention '1s to provide .for se- .the heel from the ,shoe at the rear of the .heel Another object of the invention i's-'to `"curing the rear 'upper portionl of the heel Y irmly-t'" the shoe to prevent separation of provide fastening means which willnot add 'n materially to the cost of the shoe.

j consists of-'certain parts and combinations of f To these Vand other ends, 'the invention parts all of whichjtvill` be hereinafter described, thenovel features being pointed out theappended claims.`

In the drawings :f-l

rivenfen 'applied `view of.v the cup-'of the heel showingthe fastener applied thereto i'g. 31.is' a perspective `view! of the fastener and.

4`is aview of .heel seat of the shoeshowi'ng the. openings in which the prongs'o'r projections are fitted. -f-AS-tggoden or.-French 'heelshe as now con ctedhas a counter 1 at the' rear, with an inwardly or under turned portion to the upper side'of 'which the inner solet is secured,fsai dfso1e usuallyhaving a reinforcementlat its heel portion. formed of leather 6 of the-heel?. The-rearifface ofthe heelis und'er'ciit or concaved so that-'the rear edgeof the'V topV lift 8' lies considerabl in advance `ofthe' rear orheel portion of At .e upper.

" Owingstojtheffat that the'rear 'face of theheel iskund'ercut/or'4 concaved, it hasbeen y :customary to Ad'rivethe screws' and nails 9 0rother fasteners through vtheinner. and

outer'soles intothe heel at a point 'considerdevice 10a and provided preferably with two shoe, thus other .materi al. The outer sole 4 to thelinner, sole over the under i ,turned-@@4515 of the flipper, and this outer sole is trimmed--, or out at-fitsrearjto prov-idew r a 'heel seat for ,enigagernent b y the cup 'rearwardl ably in advance of the upper rearedge of the heel, so as not to passthrough the rear face of the heel. -As a consequence the strain Aorjstresses on the heel have caused the upper rear portion to sepa-rate from the heel seat, thusprovidinga gap between the heel and its seat. "This invention overcomes this objection by providing fastening means which ties the shoe heel to its seat at the extreme upper' rear edge of the heel.

The fastener preferably comprises a plate or member having a body 'portion 10 secured to the cup :of the heel in-the. rear of the-fastener 9 by a screw or other fastening rearwardly extending prongs or projections. Each ofthese projections may have a portion 11 extending at an obtuse angle to theV body portion 10 and a body portion 1 2 extending substantially parallel to the body portion, the projections preferably tapering toward their -free ends which are spaced .from the .c up of the heel and lie substantially above the upper rear edge ofthe heel.

The shoe'has openings forl the reception .of the rearwardly extending projections, Y these openings 1 being preferably made by a tool vformed likev the fastener .and driven into the shoeinrear of the outer 'sole and through the under turned edge v ofthe upper, the counterand the reinforcement of the inner sole, so that the ends of the prot, jections will lie between the reinforcement and j-the inner sole and-above the` counterin close proximity'to the inner rear face of the providing a strong anchorage in the shoejp. f *In attaching the lprovide-d with the fastener and the shoe is provided ,with the openings. The prongs @or lprojections on the fastener are introduced heel, Ithe `latter islrst i into the openingsl" Theheel andits seat having` previously'been provided with an f adhesive, the heel iselamped onftheheel seat' i of the-shoe and'is, when the adhesive has beenv hardened, provided,v the fasten# ers 9. Y

What we claim 'as our invention and de-4 sireto secure'by Letters Patent is: f 1.' In a shoe having a heel seat'and a heel curedfto t e cup ofthe heel and having a extendin through-t eheel seat shoe, said astenerhavngl a; form to permit fitting said seat, a v finstenerse' prong projecting beanchored .in the the prong to be illserted through the sent by e movement of the heel rearwardly With.

reference to such seat.

2. In a shoe hevingn heel seat und a heel with n eup fitting seid seat, e'fnstener se'- oured to seid enp A:ind provided with two rearwardly extending prongs passing through the heel seat to be vanchored in the shoe, said fastener having e form to permit the two prongs to be inserted sinfiultuneonsly through the seat, by e movement of the .heel rearwardly with reference to such seat, the arrangement of the tvvo prongs acting to prevent the rocking of the heel on the seat.

3. In e shoe having eheel seat :1nd e heel Within cup litting seid sont, e fastener hziving ebody portionand two prongs extending rearwardly from the' body portioi'i through' the heel sent, each of seid prongs hav ing e. portion at en. obtuse 'ongle to. the bodv portion to facilitate the insertion of the prongs through previously formed ,(nievnings in the sont, and e port-ion spaced from the cup and lying substantill y pnmllel with the body portion and :i single fastener passing through 'said body portion into vthe heel to secure the fastener to the heel eup while permitting,-

portion of theueounter et the reermost poiv tion of the lutter. v

'ln e shoe, e counter having en inwardly turned portion, an inner sole se cured above seid invverdly turned portion of the counter und provided With it reinforcement on the under side of its heel portion, :i heel, und n fastener for the heel overlmnging n portion of the inwardly turned portion of the counter and passing through the reinforcement and between the letter and the inner solo.

A shoe provided with n counter formed with sin un'derturned edge, an inner sole secured above said under turned edge of the counter and provided With e reinforceineiit on its under side, a heel, and e fastener for securing the rear portion of the heel to the yshoe secured to the eup of the heel end pro vided with :L rearwardly extending projection extending through the relnforeeinent and above the under turned portion of the -eounter between the reinforcement and the .heel and -tvvo prongs extending in t e saine direction from' one edge of seid body porH tion through the heel seat, each of seid prongs having a portion spzieed from the cup and lying substantially parallel with the' body portion and to one side ofthe f 'latter -1 oneven o. i-niesnn. Jon-N H. DoLAN.

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Sgnnd und snnfrfnf. EN del; o! Apn, A. D., 1918.

{SENT} F. 1W. CLAY,

Acting Commssfmer of Patents. 

